Man Pleads Guilty To Carjacking

Jason D. Graham, of New York, is one of three people charged with forcing his way into a Carrollton man's 1992 BMW on Oct. 30 at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant on West Mercury Boulevard.

Vincent Jones, the owner of the car, was threatened with a knife, robbed, and ordered to drive the trio to Hampton University, where they bound and gagged him and drove off with his car, according to prosecutor Denise Dunn.

Graham said he was not the one who held up a knife to Vincent or who bound his hands and feet with electrical tape.

Graham is one of two people arrested in New York City in connection with the carjacking two days after the incident. Also arrested was Tarik Stokes. The third suspect has not been arrested.

Graham is being held in jail without bail and is scheduled to be sentenced May 6. He faces 15 years to life in prison for carjacking, five years to life for robbery and one to 10 years for abduction.

The trial for Stokes, also a former HU student, has been rescheduled to May 4.

After Graham's trial, his father apologized to Jones for the carjacking.

Jones, who is driving his BMW again, later replied, "His father said he was sorry. He didn't."